Two weeks off - How to start again?

[frecklejuice]

Quick question. I've emailed Medexpress about a week ago for help but they haven't replied and I don't have the instructions from the box only the pen.

I stopped MJ two weeks ago because the 10mg as making me feel so rough and sick and I don't want to ruin everyone's Christmas. The trouble is that the hunger and food noise came back after being 4 days late with the jab and I've put on 5lb, I actually want to cry.

So I need to go back onto it and put up with the side effects, I've lost 3.5 stone so I can't ruin this for myself.

So my question is I have on dose left in the fridge of 10mg, I'm definitely not taking the whole 10 so where should I start? Will 5mg be ok after 2 weeks off or do I have to go back to 2.5mg?

Thanks for any help and merry Christmas.

Rather than stopping cold for 2 weeks, would've been better to reduce your dose to 7.5mg or 2 x 5mg doses a week.
If it was me, as you have been off it for 2 weeks and you had side effects, I would start back on 2.5mg and work my way up. The weight gain may be due to water retention with salty food so would be worth drinking more water a day to see if that helps. Also sometimes I think I am hungry but am dehydrated so it helps.

You need to go back to 2.5 op. That’s very very clear. As a pp said, I’m surprised you just stopped cold, and didn’t titratw down a little. It is what it is.

but they are very clear, two weeks and you need to start again, the risk to your health is too high otherwise.

Why on earth did you stop? Why didn’t you just take a smaller dose?

Start back at 2.5, you'll be seriously ill if you don't.

Also op is the medication still in date? I’m guessing just.

look most of it will be water, not fat, but it’s important as you said you don’t ruin this for yourself, so do it right, order another pen, do a month on 2.5 , don’t risk getting Ill by using it incorrectly. And stay on a low dose until either at target or you feel in control.

Start on 2.5mg and work your way back up op.

I went 12 days between jabs due to illness. I asked Superdrug for advice (replied within the hour) and was advised if I went over 14 days to start back at a 2.5 pen. I was on 10, but decided to take doses of 3, 4, 5, 6 and then start a new 7.5 pen next. So far no I'll effects from the break and increasing doses quickly.

Don't panc. It is likely water and salt. Drink lots of wate, eat sensibly and it will come off as fast as it popped on. As peeps have said you need to start low. Do you have a pen in use? I would titrate with that if so.

Hi, sorry everyone for the late reply Christmas was hectic! I couldn't get hold of anyone to ask about coming off of the injection, I still haven't heard back from Medexpress and I've sent them another message about restarting. Their customer service started off to excellent but seems to have gone down hill.

I was so desperate to stop the nausea and not ruin Christmas I just didn't inject anymore but obviously that was the wrong thing to do.

I have a 10mg pen in the fridge so I'm going to start that again today at 2.5 and hopefully that works to shift some of this weight I've gained, I'm on a 6lb gain now. Not sure why I thought I could stop and go it alone, completely gutted as obviously without the Mounjaro nothing has changed for me.

I've randomly just found this on their website, they don't make it easy! It says if it has been between 4 and 8 weeks I can restart on the last dose I was taking but I'm definitely not doing that!

I'm going to do the 2.5 now and see how I go with that, I can always do 5mg next week I guess. I need to get back up to 7.5 as it was working and I didn't feel awful.